diff --git a/.github/native-tests.json b/.github/native-tests.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e8dba56d36de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/native-tests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+{
+    "category": [
+        "Main",
+        "Data1",
+        "Data2",
+        "Data3",
+        "Data4",
+        "Data5",
+        "Data6",
+        "Security1",
+        "Security2",
+        "Security3",
+        "Amazon",
+        "Messaging",
+        "Cache",
+        "HTTP",
+        "Misc1",
+        "Misc2",
+        "Misc3",
+        "Misc4",
+        "Spring",
+        "gRPC"
+    ],
+    "include": [
+        {
+            "category": "Main",
+            "timeout": 40,
+            "test-modules": "main"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Data1",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "jpa-h2 jpa-mariadb jpa-mssql jpa-derby jpa-without-entity hibernate-tenancy"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Data2",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "jpa jpa-mysql jpa-db2 reactive-mysql-client reactive-db2-client hibernate-reactive-db2 hibernate-reactive-mysql"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Data3",
+            "timeout": 70,
+            "test-modules": "flyway hibernate-orm-panache hibernate-orm-panache-kotlin hibernate-orm-envers liquibase"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Data4",
+            "timeout": 55,
+            "test-modules": "mongodb-client mongodb-panache redis-client neo4j hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Data5",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "jpa-postgresql narayana-stm narayana-jta reactive-pg-client hibernate-reactive-postgresql"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Data6",
+            "timeout": 40,
+            "test-modules": "elasticsearch-rest-client elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Amazon",
+            "timeout": 45,
+            "test-modules": "amazon-services amazon-lambda amazon-lambda-http"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Messaging",
+            "timeout": 85,
+            "test-modules": "artemis-core artemis-jms kafka kafka-streams reactive-messaging-amqp reactive-messaging-kafka"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Security1",
+            "timeout": 50,
+            "test-modules": "elytron-security-oauth2 elytron-security elytron-security-jdbc elytron-undertow elytron-security-ldap"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Security2",
+            "timeout": 70,
+            "test-modules": "oidc oidc-code-flow oidc-tenancy keycloak-authorization oidc-wiremock"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Security3",
+            "timeout": 50,
+            "test-modules": "vault vault-app vault-agroal"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Cache",
+            "timeout": 55,
+            "test-modules": "infinispan-cache-jpa infinispan-client cache"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "HTTP",
+            "timeout": 60,
+            "test-modules": "elytron-resteasy resteasy-jackson resteasy-mutiny vertx vertx-http vertx-web vertx-graphql virtual-http rest-client"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Misc1",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "maven jackson jsonb jsch jgit quartz qute consul-config"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Misc2",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "tika hibernate-validator test-extension logging-gelf bootstrap-config mailer"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Misc3",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "kubernetes-client openshift-client"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Misc4",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "smallrye-config smallrye-graphql picocli-native gradle micrometer-mp-metrics micrometer-native micrometer-prometheus smallrye-metrics logging-json jaxp"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "Spring",
+            "timeout": 50,
+            "test-modules": "spring-di spring-web spring-data-jpa spring-boot-properties spring-cloud-config-client"
+        },
+        {
+            "category": "gRPC",
+            "timeout": 65,
+            "test-modules": "grpc-health grpc-interceptors grpc-mutual-auth grpc-plain-text grpc-plain-text-mutiny grpc-proto-v2 grpc-streaming grpc-tls"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml
index 88544e6462249..ed19c1f29f73e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml
@@ -466,183 +466,29 @@ jobs:
           name: test-reports-tcks
           path: 'test-reports.tgz'
 
+  read-native-tests-json:
+    name: Read json file with native-tests matrix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.read.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: read
+        run: |
+          json=$(tr -d '\n' < .github/native-tests.json )
+          echo $json
+          echo "::set-output name=matrix::${json}"
+
   native-tests:
     name: Native Tests - ${{matrix.category}}
-    needs: build-jdk11
+    needs: [build-jdk11, read-native-tests-json]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Ignore the following YAML Schema error
     timeout-minutes: ${{matrix.timeout}}
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 8
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        category: [Main, Data1, Data2, Data3, Data4, Data5, Data6, Security1, Security2, Security3, Amazon, Messaging, Cache, HTTP, Misc1, Misc2, Misc3, Misc4, Spring, gRPC]
-        include:
-          - category: Main
-            timeout: 40
-            test-modules: main
-          - category: Data1
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              jpa-h2
-              jpa-mariadb
-              jpa-mssql
-              jpa-derby
-              jpa-without-entity
-              hibernate-tenancy
-          - category: Data2
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              jpa
-              jpa-mysql
-              jpa-db2
-              reactive-mysql-client
-              reactive-db2-client
-              hibernate-reactive-db2
-              hibernate-reactive-mysql
-          - category: Data3
-            timeout: 70
-            test-modules: >
-              flyway
-              hibernate-orm-panache
-              hibernate-orm-panache-kotlin
-              hibernate-orm-envers
-              liquibase
-          - category: Data4
-            timeout: 55
-            test-modules: >
-              mongodb-client
-              mongodb-panache
-              redis-client
-              neo4j
-              hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache
-          - category: Data5
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              jpa-postgresql
-              narayana-stm
-              narayana-jta
-              reactive-pg-client
-              hibernate-reactive-postgresql
-          - category: Data6
-            timeout: 40
-            test-modules: >
-              elasticsearch-rest-client
-              elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client
-              hibernate-search-orm-elasticsearch
-          - category: Amazon
-            timeout: 45
-            test-modules: >
-              amazon-services
-              amazon-lambda
-              amazon-lambda-http
-          - category: Messaging
-            timeout: 85
-            test-modules: >
-              artemis-core
-              artemis-jms
-              kafka
-              kafka-streams
-              reactive-messaging-amqp
-              reactive-messaging-kafka
-          - category: Security1
-            timeout: 50
-            test-modules: >
-              elytron-security-oauth2
-              elytron-security
-              elytron-security-jdbc
-              elytron-undertow
-              elytron-security-ldap
-          - category: Security2
-            timeout: 70
-            test-modules: >
-              oidc
-              oidc-code-flow
-              oidc-tenancy
-              keycloak-authorization
-              oidc-wiremock
-          - category: Security3
-            timeout: 50
-            test-modules: >
-              vault
-              vault-app
-              vault-agroal
-          - category: Cache
-            timeout: 55
-            test-modules: >
-              infinispan-cache-jpa
-              infinispan-client
-              cache
-          - category: HTTP
-            timeout: 60
-            test-modules: >
-              elytron-resteasy
-              resteasy-jackson
-              resteasy-mutiny
-              vertx
-              vertx-http
-              vertx-web
-              vertx-graphql
-              virtual-http
-              rest-client
-          - category: Misc1
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              maven
-              jackson
-              jsonb
-              jsch
-              jgit
-              quartz
-              qute
-              consul-config
-          - category: Misc2
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              tika
-              hibernate-validator
-              test-extension
-              logging-gelf
-              bootstrap-config
-              mailer
-          # kubernetes-client alone takes 30mn+
-          - category: Misc3
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              kubernetes-client
-              openshift-client
-          - category: Misc4
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              smallrye-config
-              smallrye-graphql
-              picocli-native
-              gradle
-              micrometer-mp-metrics
-              micrometer-native
-              micrometer-prometheus
-              smallrye-metrics
-              logging-json
-              jaxp
-          - category: Spring
-            timeout: 50
-            test-modules: >
-              spring-di
-              spring-web
-              spring-data-jpa
-              spring-boot-properties
-              spring-cloud-config-client
-          - category: gRPC
-            timeout: 65
-            test-modules: >
-              grpc-health
-              grpc-interceptors
-              grpc-mutual-auth
-              grpc-plain-text
-              grpc-plain-text-mutiny
-              grpc-proto-v2
-              grpc-streaming
-              grpc-tls
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.read-native-tests-json.outputs.matrix) }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up JDK 11
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3b51e73b84d9f..622c7c78c2c27 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -361,4 +361,4 @@ DevMojoIT require a few minutes to run but anything more than that is not expect
 * The native integration test for my extension didn't run in the CI
 
 In the interest of speeding up CI, the native build job `native-tests` have been split into multiple categories which are run in parallel. 
-This means that each new extension needs to be configured explicitly in [`ci-actions.yml`](.github/workflows/ci-actions.yml) to have its integration tests run in native mode.
+This means that each new extension needs to be configured explicitly in [`native-tests.json`](.github/native-tests.json) to have its integration tests run in native mode.